You And Me Against The World | ✅

Chapter 59

Tobias and I are on the train on our way to the factionless sector. It is past one p.m. and we are scheduled to meet with the five ex-Dauntless at 1.30 p.m. First, we will meet with Evelyn, discussing their return and maybe a few personal things as well.

When we near the drop spot we prepare ourselves to jump. Tobias jumps first and I follow him closely. By now, I'm as familiar to the path inside the factionless as Tobias is. It doesn't take us more than ten minutes and we are greeted by Evelyn. Everyone here knows who we are and even though most of them keep their distance, they at least stopped looking at us like we are a threat. We follow Evelyn inside her house where she serves us tea and sits down to talk to us.

"I've sent word to the five to come meet us here. They should arrive soon," she says smiling.

"Good. Thank you," I say.

"No problem. Have you revised any other cases," she asks.

"We have," Tobias says.

"And?"

"So far no new offers. We still have to investigate before opening our door to them," he says.

"Alright. But enough about business. Let's talk wedding," she says smiling.

"I never thought I would sit with you at a table talking about my wedding," Tobias says with a chuckle.

"Does it bother you?" she asks.

"No, but after you left I never imagined this," he says looking at me and then back at her. "I never thought I would ever speak to you again. I never thought I would get married and that my mother would be there to see me," he says with a warm smile.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world," she says and puts her hand over his. "So, wedding. You have a location yet? I suppose it will be in Dauntless," she says but I shake my head no.

"We decided that the park near the Navy Pier would be the best location," Tobias says.

"Really? I saw that the city started working there, but I didn't think it would be for this reason," she says surprised.

"Well, not exactly. The city council decided to restore some places in the city that are available to all the citizens. The park being only the beginning of this vast project. The park is public property, meaning everyone can go there and enjoy it. But the council thought of a way to earn some money for the city budget to do some more around town," I start saying.

"There will be an area dedicated to either public events like concerts and such or private parties like a wedding," Tobias continues.

"Huh, always about the money," Evelyn says sarcastically. "Let me guess, Marcus suggested it."

"Actually, no. Samantha, from Erudite, suggested that the park should be restored and the council thought it would be a good idea to create this celebration area that can be rented. The money we make from the rentals can be used to do more around the city. Our next project is the Navy Pier itself. Once we restore that we create a fun place to go outside a faction. All the attractions there will have a fee that will allow us to keep the place running," I tell her.

"Great, more places for the faction members to have fun," she says a little bitter.

"You don't understand. It's not just about the fun part, it will also create jobs," I say enthusiastically.

"Yeah, for the faction members," she says scoffing. God, she's dumb sometimes.

"Mom, you still don't get it. The jobs would be for the factionless," Tobias says and we both look at him shocked. He looks at us not understanding why we are staring.